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<p n="4"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">London</note>
Depositions of Witnesses taken at London<lb></lb>
that is to say, at the Parish of Saint Botolph<lb></lb>
without Aldgate in the Ward of Portsokenin<lb></lb>
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aforesaid this <rs type="date" id="LMCLIC65009_date4">2d. day of January<lb></lb>
1796</rs>
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on view of the Body of <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n4-1">Catherine Levi</rs>
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now her lying Dead.</p>
<p n="5"> <rs type="persName" id="LMCLIC65009_n5-1">Mary Levy</rs>
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of No.15 <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo8">Angel Court</rs>
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<rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo9">Stoney Lane</rs>
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in the Parish of <rs type="placeName" id="LMCLIC65009_geo10">Saint Botolph without Aldgate</rs>
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maketh<lb></lb>
Oath that she hath known the <rs type="occupation" id="LMCLIC65009_occ4">deced</rs>
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Catherine Levi about<lb></lb>
twenty Months that she was a Widow Dept. occupied the<lb></lb>
Room on the Ground floor in said house and the deced rented<lb></lb>
the two pair of Stairs Room over Dept. in said houseThat<lb></lb>
about four o'Clock on Tuesday Morning last Dept. being in the<lb></lb>
one pair of Stairs Room in said house sitting up with the person<lb></lb>
who lodged there & was will heard some body over head in the<lb></lb>
deceds Room groaning and Morning Dept. halloed & sayed<lb></lb>
Mrs. Levi what is the matter (supposing it to be the deced) & asked<lb></lb>
her if she wanted a Light the deced sayed yes Dept.<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
took<lb></lb>
a Light & went up to the deceds Room pushed the Door open<lb></lb>
& went into a little place parted off in the Room wherein the<lb></lb>
deced slept the deced was lying in the Bed Dept. asked her<lb></lb>
what is the matter the deced sayed nothing Dept. asked her<lb></lb>
what made her make such a Noise the deced sayed it was<lb></lb>
not her & seemed to Laugh that she seemed in great agony<lb></lb>
& groaned very much that she looked very wild & stated very<lb></lb>
much & seemed very much surprised at seeing Dept. Dept.<lb></lb>
asked her if she would have a Bason of Tea The deced sayed<lb></lb>
"Tea" "Tea at this time of Night;" & looked wild then sayed yes<lb></lb>
I will Dept. went down & brought up a Bason of Tea to<lb></lb>
the deced Dept. held the Bason to the deced the deced sayed what<lb></lb>
makes you bring me Tea at this time of Night Dept. sayed you are<lb></lb>
ill & I want you to drink it & held towards the deced the deced<lb></lb>
seemed match at it & put her hand in it & sayed she did not<lb></lb>
want & then forced it away from her by which the Tea was<lb></lb>
spilt the deced appeared to laugh Dept. then left her That<lb></lb>
between eight & nine yesterday Morning a little Girl of the Name<lb></lb>
of Levy came to the house & went up to the Stairs and Dept. hearing<lb></lb>
her Knock at a Door went up & found her knockingat the deceds<lb></lb>
Room Door which as fastened Dept. tried to open it the little<lb></lb>
Girl sayed here is the deceds face here Dept. looked & saw the deceds<lb></lb>
faced Dept. put her hand in & fell the deceds face which was<lb></lb>
quite cold Dept. gave the alarm & soon after some persons</p>
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